dry. until i can t smoke no more. coming up, de shawn powell finds himself in familiar territory. against the wall. and one of the newest arrivals to enough is enough is told to leave the program.
i m tired of the same road i was going down the wrong path and i want the good path. let me tell you a couple of things about it. we do 12-step meetings, relapse prevention, life skills, big book study and we do a men s group. the hardest part of the program is what we call accountability. what s going to go against the whole jail code, that means that your peers will hold you accountable. we don t use the word snitch, we don t use the word rat. so if you re doing something some violation of the rules and regulations, have you have an opportunity to hold yourself accountable and if you don t your peers will. i m ready to make a change and. enough is enough. they sound real good, but who doesn t sound real good. they say all the right things. but the test is going to be once they actually get in the program.
a lot of contraband is coming in, so now the searches are on more thoroughly than they ve ever been, and i understand it s his job, and i ain t mad, but i m saying kindly, i ain t comfortable. the reality, are you looking at time after you get out of jail? are you looking at prison time? no, i ain t going back to the penitentiary. i m ready to get out. i ain t never going back. it s even worse there. yeah. strip-searched, you know. i know all of it, the strip-searching, bending over, coughing, squatting, all of that, but they don t do that. they definitely don t put their hands right here in the crease like that. they tell you, get naked, bend over, squat, cough, you know? all right, well, but you re not going to help yourself if you caused a problem here, you know what i m saying? you just could have made your problem worse. while powell might be considered a problem inmate, those enrolled in enough is enough, the jail s antidrug
program, are held to a higher standard. part of recovery is that you ve got to help somebody else. you have to help someone else. after near lifelong addictions that have kept them both coming in and out of jail, john carroll and joe smithsson were recently accepted into the program. one of the things i shared with them is the hardest part of the program, is for them to hold each other accountable. we use the word accountability, because i care enough about you, i want to hold you accountable because you can t see everything that s wrong with you. the message seems to have gotten through to smithson. mr. smithsome has been very motivated from the outset. he participates in daily morning meditation, meaning that s either going to read something or he s going to comment. he s very attentive in all education sessions. when you look at him, he s always taking notes and asking questions. but three weeks in, carroll is out of the program. what happened with mr. carroll was ther
that thoroughly since you ve been cracking down. a lot of contraband is coming in, so now the searches are on more thoroughly than they ve ever been, and i understand it s his job, and i ain t mad, but i m saying kindly, i ain t comfortable. the reality, are you looking at time after you get out of jail? are you looking at prison time? no, i ain t going back to the penitentiary. i m ready to get out. i ain t never going back. it s even worse there. yeah. strip-searched, you know. i know all of it, the strip-searching, bending over, coughing, squatting, all of that, but they don t do that. they definitely don t put their hands right here in the crease like that. they tell you, get naked, bend over, squat, cough, you know? all right, well, but you re not going to help yourself if you caused a problem here, you know what i m saying? you just could have made your problem worse. while powell might be considered a problem inmate, those enrolled in enough is enough, the jail s ant